Heriot Watt University
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3 weeks agoContributor-Level 10
Heriot-Watt University graduates are currently working under top industries like Sales, Education, Operations, Finance, Business Development, Information Technology and Engineering. Some of the top employers for these graduates are as follows:
EY
Deloitte
AECOM
Jacobs
Turner and Townsend
ADNOC Grop
Aramco
Microsoft
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3 weeks agoContributor-Level 10
Heriot Watt University consists of more than 159,000 alumni members in 190 countries in the world. Some of the notable ones are as follows:
Graham Watson (Politician)
Kirsty Smith (Football Player)
Nivetha Pethuraj (Indian Actress)
John Thomson (Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller)
Jock Clear (Engineer)
Ruaridh Mollica (Actor) and many more.
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3 weeks agoContributor-Level 10
Tuition fee for undergraduate courses for first semester is GBP 9,000 (10.7 L), whereas tuition fee for PG courses ranges between GBP 12,088 - GBP 12,790 (INR 14.3 L - 15.2 L). Students must plan their budget according to the living expenses that include food, travel, mobile phone, entertainment, socialising, study material etc. Average cost of living for a semester ranges between GBP 2500 - 3000 (INR 2.9 L - 3.5 L).
Conversion Rate: 1 GBP = INR 119.01
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3 weeks agoContributor-Level 10
Heriot Watt University as an acceptance rate of around 55%. It means that around 55 out of 100 students are accepted to the university, making the university moderately competitive. Students must work really hard on their applications and make it outperform to increase the chances of getting selected.
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3 weeks agoContributor-Level 10
Although the university considers late applications, students are advised to submit their applications before the deadlines. Heriot-Watt application deadlines are mentioned in the table below:
Particulars | Application Opens | Application Deadlines |
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Fall Semester | March 1 | July 1 |
Spring Semester | September 1 | December 1 |
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3 weeks agoContributor-Level 10
Heriot Watt University offers 123 postgraduate, 110 undergraduate, and 65 research courses to Indian students in various specializations such as MBA, MA, M.Sc, M.Des, M.Arch, B.Tech, BBA and B.Sc. Students are offered various majors such as Business & Management Studies, Engineering, IT & Software, Science, Humanities, Architecture, Design, Animation, Education, Commerce, Mass Communication & Media and Medicine & Health Science. The duration of undergraduate courses is around 3 - 5 years depending on the programme whereas PG courses have a duration of around 12 months - 2 years.
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3 weeks agoContributor-Level 10
Accounting and Commerce is ranked #39 by Shiksha Popularity Ranking, #27 by CUG, #57 by Guardian and #251 by QS Ranking. Rankings for these courses by reputed ranking bodies are mentioned below:
Ranking Bodies | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
CUG - Accounting and Finance | #23 | #22 | #27 |
Guardian - Accounting and Finance | #59 | #57 | - |
QS - Accounting and Finance | #251 | - |
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3 weeks agoContributor-Level 10
B.Sc specialisation is ranked #34 by Shiksha Popularity Ranking, #17 by Guardian and #32 by CUG. B.Sc specialised courses are ranked by some of the reputed ranking bodies which are mentioned below.
Ranking Bodies | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
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CUG - Psychology | #62 | #61 | #32 |
CUG - Physics and Astronomy | #32 | #29 | #33 |
CUG - Biological Sciences | #49 | #50 | #44 |
The Guardian - Physics | #18 | #17 | - |
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3 weeks agoContributor-Level 10
Heriot Watt is one of the top-ranked universities in UK. The university is ranked #41 in UK and #260 at a global level, as per Shiksha Popularity Ranking. Heriot Watt also offers some of the top quality and the finest specialised courses. MS is ranked #27 by Shiksha Popularity Ranking, #201 by Times Higher Education and QS Rankings and #151 by ARWU. B.Tech courses are ranked #22 by Shiksha Popularity Ranking, #11 by Guardian and #16 by CUG.
Heriot Watt University Rankings by other ranking bodies are mentioned in the table below.
Ranking Bodies | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
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QS Ranking | #121 | #127 | #287 |
THE | #351 | #401 | - |
ARWU | #801 | - | - |
US News | #832 | #937 | - |
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